Research Award
The aim of the Workgroup Computed Tomography of the German Veterinary Association DVG is among others the promotion of scientific studies and publications in the field of computed tomography. For this purpose, the AG-CT will present a research award during the CT-User Meeting 2025 in Ghent, Belgium.
Applicants for the Research Award submit a published research on the subject of computer tomography in small animal and large animal medicine.
Requirements for the Research Award:
Candidate and submitter: author (primary or co-author) of an already published or accepted publication in a research veterinary medicine journal. (Journal with peer review process)
Topic related to CT with clinical relevance to small animal and large animal medicine
Language: English
Publication period: 2023-2025
A (co-) author of the group must be a member of the AG-CT
A publication can only be submitted once
Experimental or clinical research will be favoured before case series, individual case reports and literature review articles
Research Award:
One winner will be selected from the submissions and will be invited to give a lecture at the CT-User Meeting 2025 in Ghent, Belgium and will receive a free congress registration, an invitation to the congress dinner and a cheque of 500 euro.
Sequence and selection:
Submission of abstracts and published work as PDF by mail to: Ingrid.Gielen@Ugent.be
Deadline: 6 September 2025
Nomination by a scientific committee
Announcement of the award winners no later than 20 September 2025
Presentation of the three-selected researches in a 15-minute presentation by the award winner at the CT-User Meeting 2025
Evaluation of the research and its presentation by a vote of the scientific committee members CT-User Meeting 2025
The award ceremony will take place during the congress dinner
Poster Award
Call for Posters
Did you come across (an) interesting case(s) where CT contributed to the diagnosis and that you would like to share and discuss with other meeting attendees?
Why not present your case(s) in the 4th CT-user meeting Poster Session?
If you do, you will receive a free ticket for the evening dinner and you can win an attractive award.
By the way, you can present your poster in your mother tongue “English, German or French”!
If you would like to present a poster please prepare a small abstract and fill in the appropriate form on this website.
The deadline is 15 September 2025; after the deadline applications will no longer be accepted.
A scientific committee with members of the “Arbeitsgruppe CTder DGK-DVG” will review all submissions and notify you. During the Closing Session, an Award for Best Poster will be given.
Instructions for poster submission
Abstract Content & Format:
Content
Abstracts should include the following sections:
Introduction
Description of the actual case(s) report
Discussion
(Take home message)
Format
Abstract title: should be in sentence case (only the first word and any proper noun are capitalized).
Authors: the names of the authors should be listed in the following order: Last name, First name, Department, Institution, City and Country and Email address.
Abstract body: the abstract body should contain maximum 350 words.
The use of tables, graphs, diagrams, and images in the abstract is not allowed. Use standard abbreviations. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the full term the first time it appears.
Instructions for poster presentations
Posters must be mounted between 08h00 and 09h00 in the morning of 21 November 2025, and remain on display until the end of the CT-user meeting. The dimensions of the poster boards are 95 cm wide x 200 cm high (portrait style).
Material for mounting posters will be provided in the poster area
Please note the following information regarding your presentation:
The dimensions of the poster board are 95 cm wide x 200 cm high. This is the maximum size allotted, but doesn’t mean you need to prepare a poster of that size.
Allocate the top of the poster for the title and authors as stated on the submitted abstract. The title should be printed across the top of the poster in characters of at least 84 pt. Author(s) and affiliation should be at least 42 pt.
Text and illustrations should be bold enough to read from a distance of two meters (six feet). (Text should be no smaller than 24 pt.)
For ease of viewing, convert tables into figures whenever possible.
Provide a brief, clear caption for each illustration so that the reader does not have to flip to the text to understand the illustration.